N&O learns elections have consequences
This headline screams at us from today’s web site: Bill would give McCrory, legislature control of some state boards Wow. If you’re just reading the headline, you might be thinking
Continue readingNC Senate to Gov. Pat: We have final word on ObamaCare. (And that word is NO.)
The North Carolina Senate voted Monday to block expansion of Medicaid — a key component to the implementation of ObamaCare in NC. The move put the Republican
Continue readingVirginia is for (gas)Tax-Cutters
Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating
Continue readingMemo to NCGA: More CUTS before MORE confiscation …
Legislation to address the state’s debt to the federal government is moving its way along Jones Street. Basically, the plan calls for: (1) cutting back the amount of payments
Continue readingSkip Stam: Statist Troublemaker?
Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem). Apparently, state
Continue readingFormer legislator aiming for NCGOP vice chairman post
Word has been seeping out that current vice chairman Wayne King will not seek reelection to his post. That has set off a flurry of political activity. Former state
Continue readingThe latest from the ‘It Needed to Be Said’ Department …
The “rules” of political correctness suggest that white folks are to merely sit back and TAKE whatever nonsense scam artists like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton,
Continue readingMcCrory / Wood presser: kudos for calling out Medicaid waste, but new questions raised
Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference. Auditor Beth Wood
Continue readingA little more needed in NC ObamaCare fight
House AND Senate leaders are being cheered by grassroots activists for introducing legislation that offers AT LEAST SOME resistance to ObamaCare. The NCGA legislation orders work
Continue readingThe Tenth Amendment rides again in Raleigh
The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — which basically says, if it ain’t specifically in The Constitution, it’s a state matter — has been rediscovered by
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